Sewing-needle.



J. W. OLNEY.

SEWING NEEDLE.

APPLICATION FILED APB.28, 1914.

1 134:,0O1 Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. OLNEY, 0F LATAI-I, WASHINGTON, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JOHNS. MCDONALD, OF LATAH, WASHINGTON.

SEWING-NEEDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

Application filed April 28, 1914. Serial No. 835,005.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. OLNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Latah, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington,have invented new and useful Improvements in Sewing- Needles, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to sewing needles, particularly to needles foruse in sewing grain sacks, which must be of the quickthreading type.

In sewing sacks of grain, as the sacks are delivered from the threshingmachine in the field, the operator or sewer has to work with greatrapidity, as he is required to remove each field sack as it is deliveredfrom its support on the machine, sew the mouth of the sack in a securemanner, and carry the sack to the delivery pile some distance away fromthe machine while a succeeding sack is being filled and delivered by themachine.

In order to carry on this work with the necessary expedition, the sewercarries the spool of thread suspended from his waist belt or an outergarment, and, after cutting the needle loose from the sewn sack, holdsthe needle in his mouth while he is delivering the sack to the pile andthreads the needle for the succeeding operation on his passage back fromthe delivery pile to the thresher. This requires the needle to bethreaded on the run, an especially diflicult matter when the work iscarried on early in the morning or at night, as a result of which thethreading of the needle must be quickly done in all kinds of light.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a needle which may be easily,quickly and conveniently threaded, without the necessity of the operatorusing any material care or holding the needle and thread before the eye,and also without the necessity of the operator positioning the needlewith any great degree of care or accuracy between his thumb and forefinger for the reception of the thread.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention :--Figure 1 is aside view of a sack sewing needle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section onan enlarged scale. Fig. 4: is a transverse section.

Referring to the drawing 1 designates the P0111? and 2 the shank of theneedle, which may 1n general be of the construction commonly employed.The shank 2, however, is preferably made of oblong rectangular form 111cross section and at a point between its center and outer rear end isexcised longitudmally between its center and side edges to providecounterpart longitudinal slots 3 and an intermediate web 4.

The slots 3 provide elongated eyes on each side of the longitudinalcenter of the needle shank for the reception of the sewing thread, andthe outer wall of each of said slots is divided at a point adjacent itsinner or forward end to provide a spring tongue 5, guard 6 and entrancethroat or passage 7, the adjacent ends of the tongue and guard beingbeveled to admit the thread at an angle and reduce liability of itsdisconnection. It will thus be evident that the needle may be threadedfrom either side of the shank, and that the thread when inserted througheither eye will be retained securely in position.

In the use of the present needle, it is handled in the same manner asthe needle of ordinary construction in common use, but, as the ordinaryneedle has but a single eye, it is necessary for the operator to adjustit by rotation of the needle to dispose the eye in proper position forthreading. This occasions inconvenience and annoyance, and frequentlyloss of a short period of time, which however is important, ininspecting the needle or turning it around to the proper point forthreading. In the use of my improved needle, however, one or the otherof the eyes will almost invariably be found in position for threading,allowing the operator to simply slide the thread along the exposed sideof the needle and slip it within the eye without loss of time for theneed of any particular care or attention. By this means the operator isenabled to thread the needle with great expedition and without thenecessity of stopping on his way from the delivery pile to the thresher.

I claim As a new and improved article of manufacture, a bag sewingneedle including a shank having elongated longitudinal slots on oppositesides of its medial line and betongues in rear of said throats orpassages tween its transverse center and butt end, and cooperating withsaid guards; 10 and terminating at a distance from the lat- In testimonywhereof I aflix'my signature ter, said slots being separated by aninterin presence of tWo Witnesses.

mediate longitudinal Web, the side Walls of JOSEPH OLNEY.

the slots being divided at points adjacent Witnesses:

their forward ends to provide throats or WM. A. MOEAOHERN,

passages, and guards therefor and spring 7 NELLIE D. CRoFooT.

coielee of this patent may" be obtained for me cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G."

